One of the most enjoyable features of Motion is its ability to play back even moderately complex projects in real time – allowing for a type of interactive development process where you can add and animate layers while the project plays back. In fact, the real-time playback feels so intuitive and natural after only a […]
Shifting laptops when your data is in thecloud Posted October 26, 2008 Last week I shifted to a new laptop (a thinkpad X Series) with Windows Vista. I was dreading shifting computers in general and shifting to Vista in particular. But it turned out to be my easiest move ever. I used MozBackup to shift […]
LA-based FCP & Avid editor and bungee jumper Shane Ross posted this tidbit on his Little Frog in High Def blog: moby has released nearly 80 tracks for free use in non-profit / noncommercial films and videos, and he’ll license them for use in for-profit works, too. If you’re a moby fan (as I am), […]
Up until CS4 the only way to work with true 3D objects in After Effects was to use a plug-in such as Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator. Now thanks to Live Photoshop 3D, 3D objects can be imported directly without the need for a plug-in. As you’ll see in this tutorial, it’s still early days but certainly […]
Complex projects with many nested comps have always been a challenge to navigate, but the new Composition Navigator and Composition Mini-flowchart make it so easy you’ll wonder how you worked without them. In part 2 we take a look at the key techniques for using these new features. Watch tutorial […]
In this video tutorial series we’ll look at how to use the new features in Adobe After Effects CS4 including smaller updates and tweaks that you’ll probably never find in the manual. Part 1 includes the welcome screen, general interface enhancements and the powerful search features. Watch tutorial […]
As the Cliffe Associates (this blog) team pack their bags to visit Chicago, the marketing technologist will be looking forward to Carol Chase Baum discussion on MTI. The Five Phases in a Successful Marketing Technology Implementation, which details hands-on methods for getting the most from your Marketing Technology projects. For example, regarding that much-used term […]
In yet another major acquisition in the 3D space, Autodesk announced today that it has acquired the SoftImage unit from Avid. This puts three of the most popular 3D animation packages – Maya, 3D Studio Max and now SoftImage XSI – into the hands of a single corporation which also owns Mudbox and RealViz. The […]
Digital Asset Management (DAM) tools are an emerging category of software made for manipulating collections of rich media files. Rich media file types can include photos, illustrations, video, audio, fonts, and desktop publishing files from applications such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign or Quark XPress. DAM tools are fundamentally different in terms of work process, […]
Add ADAM functionality to Microsoft SharePoint® and experience enterprise class digital asset management, together with the collaboration tools of SharePoint, beyond the 5Mb limits. More info at http://www.adamsoftware.net/MOSS [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVxQLVEpY2k] […]
